Origins

In 2012 the satirical gaming site "Video Games Made Me Do It" was born. Created to supersede a YouTube channel with the same name and theme, the site published dark humor-filled critiques of the gaming industry and the culture around it for years.

Times change. Websites expire. Domains get repurposed (sometimes into Chinese adult sites), but passion for gaming never truly disappears. In 2016 the site was retired.

Renewed

In 2025, the site was reborn by the original creator. We're back and ready to talk about games again, but there have been a few changes. The first is a slight re-branding. We've decided to drop the "Do It" and be called "Video Games Made Me." We made this change because we believe it fits with our history and love of gaming as well as allowing for more open-ended and expressive messaging... and definitely not because someone else bought the original domain.

Update: We have since acquired the original domain, but we are keeping the new name. The old domain will redirect to this site.

We are also ditching the satire. Our past was defined by dark humor and satire, but now we're embracing something more... "normal." The reality is we love games. We love how they're made, the social commentary they contain, and the stories they tell — both the good and the bad. The industry has grown unimaginably large and has expanded its audience by billions since the origins of the site. Some of our old pieces that targeted what felt like the entire gaming community now only apply to what seems like a single subgroup of it. We are excited to see this expansion and love seeing more people and groups get to experience the best and most impressive art form.

Why We're Back

With the current gaming and political climate, it's hard to resist reverting to satirical critiques (there's A LOT to make fun of), but we believe now our efforts would be better suited to assisting indie studios, formally critiquing the industry, and supplying unique perspectives and knowledge on anything gaming-related. The gaming industry has expanded so rapidly that we believe there are still far too many holes and flaws in its media coverage.

We're still passionate. We're still gamers, and we're still a bit irreverent, but we'd like to contribute something meaningful to the conversation around video games.

Thank you for joining us on this new journey. Video games made us who we are—now we're making something new.

—The VGMM Team

How do I contact a specific author or the editorial team?

If you'd like to contact a specific author, you may be able to find their email at the bottom of their article. If not, you can get in touch with us. Please visit our contact page for more information on how to do that.

Why are there no comments?

Comment sections can allow for insightful and productive discussion, but more often than not we feel they get filled with unsubstantiated claims, hateful rhetoric, and back-and-forth ad hominem attacks. Although it could be moderated, we believe our moderation would create echo chambers and be suppressive. We feel it simply wouldn't be worth the effort. We are looking into ways to incite meaningful conversations about gaming and possibly foster a community of passionate gamers. This will likely be through a platform designed for this purpose, like Discord.

How often will new content be published?

If we have content to publish: we will publish on Tuesday, Thursday, and/or Saturday unless we are restricted by an NDA or other contract.

How does your rating system work?

You can find out everything you need to know about our rating system here.

Can I contribute articles or reviews?

We are not currently looking for more contributors, but feel free to send us an email, and we will consider you in the future.

How are your reviews and articles funded?

We are currently not funded and are using our own funds to pay for servers and artists and our passion to keep the site filled with content. We do not accept sponsorship in exchange for positive reviews. In the future we expect our funding model to change, but not our ethics.

If you'd like to support us, you can join our Patreon.

Do you use affiliate links in your content?

No, but we see a possible future where that changes. If we do, they would be clearly disclosed.

Do you disclose relations with game studios or publishers?

Yes. Within the article, there will be mention of any known relation between our site or any of our authors and the game studio or publisher. If you believe you've found a mistake, please contact us.

Where can I view the old VGMMDI content?

We currently do not have a way to access it but hope to add an archive to this site in the future. In the meantime, you can visit the Wayback Machine's archives of it.

How do you handle corrections or updates to the published content?

If you find any mistakes, please contact us. We do not track changes made to articles, so previous version iterations of pieces cannot be recovered but may be archived on third-party sites like the Internet Archive.

Do you use generative AI?

None of our content nor our images are generated by AI unless it contextually makes sense to do so. There is an exception of the short summary description under each article. These are optionally generated by an LLM and then proofread and modified by the author. Our authors are free to use generative AI where applicable for the purpose of research, proofreading, translating, summarization, data analysis, and transcription.

We believe AI can strip away the humanity from our art. To maintain an ethical stance, we ensure human oversight on every aspect of our content and transparently disclose when AI is used. We believe AI can be an advanced tool to increase accuracy, but we will never use it to replace journalists.

All of our em dashes and semicolons are hand-placed, and any lifeless sentence is from trauma, not robots.

Any other questions?

Please contact us if you have any other questions.